Philosophy 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Justice First, Thought Experiment
16 Feb 2016
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Theories of justice are centrally concerned with whether, how and why persons should be treated differently from each other. The division of humanity into two sexes would seem to provide an obvious subject for such inquiries. Rawls says people in the veil of ignorance are owners of households. Refers to he , rather than he or she or she . Okin argues that before we know it, we realize there is not much discussion about justice within the household. According to aristotle, within households, the natural relationships are not up for questions of politics, as they are not up for political changes from discussions of politics. However, there are political discussion between household members. Take the claim that families are subject to political justice. The gender system" or gender": the (deeply entrenched) social institutionalization of sex difference". Certain gender expectations arise our of sex differences. Seemingly, we cannot have the thought experiment.
